A new system of mercantile arithmetic
Subtitle: adapted to the commerce of the United States, in its domestic and foreign relations; : with forms of accounts, and other writings usually occurring in trade
By: By Michael Walsh, A.M. ; [One line in Latin from Seneca]
Contributors: Clark, Thomas, 1780-1852, publisher; Blunt, Edmund M. (Edmund March), 1770-1862, printer
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: Printed by E.M. Blunt, (proprietor.) For Thomas Clark, Portland
Published: 1804
Place of publication: Newburyport [Mass.]--
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Business mathematics; Weights and measures; Tables; Money
Other titles: Mercantile arithmetic.
Notes: "This impression has received several valuable additions under the general head of exchange, including the existing exchange with Antwerp, Trieste, Genoa, Venice, Barcelona, and Palermo in Sicily ... A new subject is likewise added, entitled, 'Arbitration of exchange,' the importance of which will easily be seen by merchants whose remittances may travel through several countries, and be liable to the rates of exchange in each. ..."--Preface to the third edition, p. [vii-viii], signed: Edmund M. Blunt. September, 1804.

Caption title: Mercantile arithmetic.

Copyright Apr. 17, 1800 by Michael Walsh. Copyright appears on p. [iii].

Wood-engraved title vignette of young businessman consulting a ledger book next to a beehive is the only illustration.

Recommendations, p. [v]-vi.

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